Carolyn Ford

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
CB
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.

Co-Captain in 2004 and tri-captain in 2005 ... started all 86 matches on the defensive end for Duke over her four years and is one of the top defenders in the nation ... named to the U-21 U.S. National team pool ... ranks third on Duke’s all-time assist list (22).

Senior (2005): Earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors ... named to Soccer Buzz All-America first team and NSCAA All-America second team ... recorded two goals and three assists while starting all 21 games ... anchored a defense that recorded 11 shutouts on way to allowing only 13 goals on the year ... recorded the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Saint Louis ... was named to the Duke/adidas Classic All-Tournament team ... named Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year at the Team Banquet ... assisted the only goal in the NCAA Tournament game against #25 Yale ... twice earned both Soccer America and Soccer Buzz Team of the Week honors ... named to the All-ACC first team, NSCAA/adidas Academic All-America first team, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III Team, NSCAA/adidas South Region Scholar-Athlete All-America first team.

Summer of 2005: Played for the Washington Freedom reserve team and led her Bethesda Fury Club squad to nationals.

Junior (2004): Selected NSCAA All-Southeast Region second team and Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region third team honors ... earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III ... selected Soccer America and Soccer Buzz National Team of the Week on Oct. 7 ... named to Outrigger Soccer Classic All-Tournament team ... with two goals and 10 assists, her 14 points led all Duke defenders for the year ... recorded an assist in both games against top-ranked North Carolina ... registered one goal and one assist against 11th-ranked Tennessee ... scored the game-winning goal in a 3-0 victory over NC State ... assisted Casey McCluskey on game-winning goals against 18th-ranked Wake Forest and ninth-ranked Florida State ... selected to the third team of the NSCAA/adidas South Region Scholar-Athlete All-America.

Summer of 2004: Played for the Carolina Dynamo in the W-League and also for the Washington Freedom ... played for the Freedom in a contest at RFK Stadium along with the DC United.

Sophomore (2003): Scored one goal and had eight assists on the year ... started all 22 matches for the Blue Devils ... named to the Nike Carolina Classic and Wake Forest adidas Classic All tournament teams ... provided impressive offensive numbers as a defender, totaling 10 points ... scored one goal and assisted on the other in a 2-2 tie with Kentucky ... delivered the assist on Duke’s only goal in a 1-0 victory over 19th-ranked Maryland ... tallied one assist in a 2-1 victory over eighth-ranked Virginia ... assisted Kate Seibert on five goals.

Freshman (2002): Started all 20 Blue Devil matches ... scored two goals and had one assist for five points on just five shots as a centerback ... had her first career assist in her first ACC match on Sept. 27 against Maryland ... scored her second career goal against Florida International as the Blue Devils won 5-0 ... scored the first goal of her career in Duke’s third match of the season against 11th-ranked Washington.

Prep: A two-time All-State and four-time All-County and All-League selection ... a four-time All-Metropolitan honoree by the Washington Post ... named team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior ... named team MVP as a senior and earned the coaches’ award as a junior ... also lettered in basketball four years and named team MVP and All-League as a senior ... in track holds school record for 100 meters ... club team won the Under-17 national championship in 2001 and was third in 2002 ... club team also won the Maryland state championship from 1994-2003 and the WAGS tournament from 1998-2001 ... member of the Maryland ODP 1995-2002 and team captain in 1996, 1998 and 2000 ... ODP team was a national championship finalist in 2000 ... member of ODP regional team from 1998-2000 and regional pool in 2001-2002 . . . four-year member of the honor roll at St. Andrews Episcopal School.

Personal: Born January 23, 1984 ... daughter of Gary Ford and Lisa Taverna ... father played soccer at Clarkson... majored in psychology with a markets and management certificate.